In the office ...next morning
Maple completed her summary report and submitted it to Mr. Black. However, Top Gun's group was trying to acquire this project from our group. They had an advantage in numbers so they woukd be able to complete the design process more efficiently. Furthermore, Top Gun's group already has a reputation of earning millions per project because of their quality and quantity of work. This only indicates how much this project has the potential of growth and earning our group reputation and money.
I suppose, Mr. Black also knows this but our problem of not having enough number will surely hinder the project. Thus, Mr. Black is thinking of handing over the project. He is just going through procedure of talking it over with other members. In the meantime, I heard from other members that this is not the first time Top Gun's group has stolen their project. It is always Mr. Black's group that does the research and prepare for the project. But, later on Top Gun group comes along and steals the project taking all privileges and credit.
I decided on not to let this happen this time. The reason was simple, firstly I was the one who worked so hard on the report and secondly, Top Gun's executive rejected me to be their assistant. I will make sure to make him regret it.
In the meeting room, Mr. Black was sitting on the head chair of conference table. On either side of him, all the heads of departments working under him were sitting. The mood was really depressed and no one dared to make a sound. Mr. Black just casually announced to hand over the project and other just unanimously agreed to that proposal. Mr. Black, still out of curtsy asked, " Do we have any objections?"
Mr. Black was about to stand up and leave as if the decision was final. However, Maple was hoping someone would object. Her wishes came true because someone did object. But it turned out to be her voice. Maple was surprised of her actions but had no time to regret. She implored to Mr. Black and other heads that this project had great potential and earnings. This is the exact reason for Top Gun group to dare steal our project. She also reminded them that it has happened before as well and how much Top Gun has benefitted from all the projects that their group spent so much time on researching.
Design head: But, the problem remains which is we don't have enough manpower to get this project done.
Maple: Let me give you an example. There was a fennec fox hunting a mouse. Fennec fox runs at a speed of 20 mph while mouse runs at a 8mph. But, mouse was able to escape from the fennec fox. Do you know why? It was because fox was looking for food so he didn't put in much effort but the mouse was running for his life so he did his best. So the point I am trying to make is incentives is what drives someone to do better. The motivation behind the cause. We can give better incentives to our employees to make them work diligently. But, the Top Gun employees won't be getting any extra rewards for this project because this is the job they are just expected to do. But, we are different from their group. Furthermore, because this project has tremondous return investment, we will be able to cover back the costs for employee benefits that we provide them to work on this project.
Mr. Black: I agree. I like your approach. Give me a detailed plan of how we are going to give benefits to the employees and how we will be able to retain our benefits. You have 2 days. Dismissed...
Everyone began to leave the meeting room one after the other. Maple was left behind in the meeting room. She didn't have any experience in what type of benefit the other employees would need. She is just a teenager and doesn't have any idea of what type of benefits would be strong enough for the employees to give their best work. Furthermore, their is one more problem which is the time limit. Mr. Black said to submit the report in 2 days. Today is Friday, so he wants me to work on my weekend and give the report on Monaday!
Nevertheless, I need to go to the farm to work because of the penalty. How in the world am I going to find time to work? Maybe I will find some useful information while working. I need to do it either way. Let's just go home and create a timetable of when I can squeez out time for this report. Let's do my best for now.